Costume : Performing Identities through Dress /

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What does it mean to people around the world to put on costumes to celebrate their heritage, reenact historic events, assume a role on stage, or participate in Halloween or Carnival? Self-consciously set apart from everyday dress, costume marks the divide between ordinary and extraordinary settings...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shukla, Pravina, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Identity (Psychology)
Costume > Social aspects.
Costume.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Beauty & Grooming.
Identite (Psychologie)
Costume > History.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:What does it mean to people around the world to put on costumes to celebrate their heritage, reenact historic events, assume a role on stage, or participate in Halloween or Carnival? Self-consciously set apart from everyday dress, costume marks the divide between ordinary and extraordinary settings and enables the wearer to project a different self or special identity. Pravina Shukla offers richly detailed case studies from the United States, Brazil, and Sweden to show how individuals use costumes for social communication and to express facets of their personalities.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9780253015815

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